What Doesn't Kill Us: My Battle with Anxiety

I read this for a class as part of a project on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and am glad this is the memoir I ended up reading. What an incredible story! What's even more incredible is L.A. Nicholson's honesty and bravery in sharing such a personal and traumatic story. Her story is helping me better understand this mental illness, and I hope stays with me as I move closer toward becoming a mental health professional who very well may come across individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, and suicide. This book is full of moments that are happy, sad, scary, frustrating, and shocking but in a way that can only lead one to having a better idea of what Nicholson went through and what others may be experiencing as well. It ends with hope and promise of a brighter future, as well as my own personal conviction of being a therapist who is encouraging and kind and able to offer such hope and promise perhaps to my own clients one day.